Thrilling home-race win for Rossi

Valentino Rossi set yet another record in his extraordinary racing career on Sunday, becoming the first rider in the history of the sport to take six consecutive wins at his home circuit.

The 85,480 adoring fans who had braved the threat of rain and turned the green hillsides of the Mugello valley bright yellow were rewarded in style as the Italian scored an emphatic and emotional victory, his fourth here for Yamaha and eighth in total from twelve years of racing.